Liquid-phase noncatalytic butene oxidation with nitrous oxide

The kinetics and mechanism of noncatalytic liquid-phase oxidation of but-1-ene and but-2-ene with nitrous oxide in a benzene solution in the temperature range from 180 to 240°C were studied. Oxidation proceeds via the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition mechanism to form carbonyl compounds. Both of these reactions occur with close rates and activation energies and have the first orders with respect to the alkene and N₂O. A considerable fraction (39%) of but-1-ene involved in oxidation undergoes cleavage at the double bond yielding propanal and an equivalent amount of methylene, the latter producing ethylcyclopropane and cycloheptatriene. The oxidation of but-2-ene proceeds with a minimum bond cleavage and affords methyl ethyl ketone with 84% selectivity. Regularities of the oxidation of terminal and internal alkenes C₂—C₈ with nitrous oxide were analyzed using the previously published data. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 925–933, April, 2005.     

Mechanism of the Alkylation of Isobutane by Butenes on Zeolite Catalysts

A key role has been proposed for primary carbocations in the initial and final steps of the alkylation of isobutane by butenes on zeolites. Secondary and tertiary carbocations play a role predominantly in steps involving intramolecular transformations.     

A combined experimental and density functional study of 1‐(arylsulfonyl)‐2‐R‐4‐chloro‐2‐butenes reactivity towards the allylic chlorine

Nucleophilic substitution and dehydrochlorination reactions of a number of the ring‐substituted 1‐(arylsulfonyl)‐2‐R‐4‐chloro‐2‐butenes are studied both experimentally and theoretically. The developed synthetic procedures are characterized by a general rapidity, cheapness, and simplicity providing moderate to high yields of 1‐arylsulfonyl 1,3‐butadienes (48–95%), 1‐(arylsulfonyl)‐2‐R‐4‐(N,N‐dialkylamino)‐2‐butenes (31–53%), 1‐(arylsulfonyl)‐2‐R‐2‐buten‐4‐ols (37–61%), and bis[4‐(arylsulfonyl)‐3‐R‐but‐2‐enyl]sulfides (40–70%). The density functional theory B3LYP/6‐311++G(2d,2p) calculations of the intermediate allylic cations in acetone revealed their high stability occurring from a resonance stabilization and hyperconjugation by the SO₂Ar group. The reactivity parameters estimated at the bond critical points of the diene/allylic moiety display a high correlation (R² > 0.97) with the Hammett (σ_p) constants. 1‐Arylsulfonyl 1,3‐butadienes are characterized by a partly broken π conjugated system, which follows from analysis of the two‐centered delocalization (δ) and localization (λ) index values. The highest occupied molecular orbital energies of 1‐arylsulfonyl 1,3‐butadienes are lower than those of 1,3‐butadiene explaining their low reactivity towards the Diels–Alder condensation. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

异丁烷-丁烯烷基化杂多酸-醋酸催化机理

对由于杂多酸－酸组成的新型液体催化剂异丁烷／丁烯烷基化的活相进行了研究,确定了催化活性相的组成,对活性相进行分离并采用ＦＴＩＲ、ＵＶ和ＮＭＲ等方法对活性相进行表征,在此基础上提出了形成质子化杂多酸为起步骤的烷基化反应机理,得到了实验结果的证明。     

Correlation of Catalytic Efficiency of Faujasites in the Alkylation of Isobutane by Butenes and their IR Spectral Characteristics

Three HLaCaNaX samples with approximately the same cation content but differing in their IR spectral characteristics were synthesized under different conditions. Testing these samples in the alkylation of isobutane by butenes showed that the catalyst displaying IR bands at 3540 and 3610 cm⁻¹ have the greatest efficiency.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Eksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 180–184, May–June, 2005.     

红外导数光谱鉴定铁系复合氧化物中γ-Fe2O3

It is well known that γ-Fe_2O_3 is a very active and selective catalyst for okidative dehydrogenation ofbutene to butadiene. It is hard, however, to distingulsh between ferrite spinels and therefore to identify its existence in ferrite-ferric oxide catalysts using XRD. On the IR spectra γ-Fe_2O_3 has characteristic bands in the range of 600~800 cm~(-1), which do not exist for α-Fe_2O_3, Fe3O4, ZnFe_2O_4 and MgFe_2O_4. But these bands are too weak to deterAnne for the small amount of γ-Fe_2O_3, e g. less than 30% (mass fraction), in catalysts.
Usually using second derivative IR spectra can increase the analytical sensitivity substantially. The mechanical mixtures of γ-Fe_2O_3 and MgFe_2O_4 in different ratio were prepared and their second derivative IR spectra were taken. It was found that the bands 730 and 695 cm~(-1) were characteristic of γ-Fe_2O_3 and their intensities increased with the content of γ-Fe_2O_3 in the mixtures. A staight line with R=0.994 can describe the relation between γ-Fe_2O_3 content and the peak area of band 695 cm~(-1). The lowest detectable content of γ-Fe_2O_3 is about 1% (mass fraction). The existence of γ-Fe_2O_3 in the used B-02 comercial catalyst was identified by this method.     

Monomer-isomerization polymerization. XXXVIII. Monomer-isomerization copolymerizations of styrene and 2-Butene with Ziegler–Natta catalyst

Monomer-isomerization copolymerizations of styrene (St) and cis-2-butene (c2B) with TiCl₃-(C₂H₅)₃Al catalyst were studied. St and c2B were found to undergo a new type of monomer-isomerization copolymerization, i.e., only isomerization of 2B to 1-butene ( 1B ) took place to give a copolymer consisting of St and 1B units. The apparent copolymerization parameters were determined to be r_st = 16.0 and r_c2b = 0.003. The parameters were changed by the addition of NiCl₂ (r_St = 8.4, r_c2b = 0.05). The copolymers containing the major amount of St units were produced easily through monomer-isomerization copolymerization of St and 2B. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Sorption,diffusion, and partial molar volumes of C4 hydrocarbons in rubbery polymers

Sorption and dilation isotherms and diffusion coefficients for seven hydrocarbons (n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene, isobutylene, and 1,3-butadiene) in two rubbery polymers, 1,2-polybutadiene (PB) and poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVAc), were measured at 25°C. Dissolution parameters (Henry's law coefficient and Flory-Huggins interaction parameter), partial molar volumes, and diffusion coefficients were determined. PB exhibited greater affinity and lower diffusivity than EVAc to the C₄ gases, although the gases showed nearly the same partial molar volumes in the two polymers. The diffusivity of such elongated molecules as trans-2-butene in both polymers was higher than that of bulky molecules with similar partial molar volume, such as cis-2-butene and isobutylene. Pressure-dependent permeabilities of PB and EVAc films to the hydrocarbons were predicted and discussed based on the dissolution parameters and the diffusivities. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.